Window curtain



J. J. FARLEY WINDOW CURTAIN April 15, 1941.

Jan. 14, 1941 Filed Patented Apr. 15, 194i WINDOW CURTAIN John J.Farley, Rutherford, N. J., assignor to Modern Curtain Co. Inc., Boston,Mass, a corporation of Massachusetts Application January 14, 1941,Serial No. 374,353

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a window curtain and more particularly to awindow curtain section such as usually constitutes one-half of acomplete tie-back window curtain; Its objective, generally stated, is toimprove the construction and appearance of the head-end portion of thecurtain.

In accordance with the present invention, the head-end portion of thecurtain section comprises two superposed layers of curtain fabric heldtogether in the desired relationship by stitches extending along spacedparallel lines from one side edge of the curtain section to the otherand defining therebetween a rod-receiving tunnel and an elongated pieceof curtain fabric stitched tosaid superposed layers immediately abovethe rod-receiving tunnel, such piece being of a length much greater thanthe span or width.

of the section but being gathered along its line of stitching to saidsuperposed layers to afford a ruffled effect and hanging in front of therodreceiving tunnel to shroud or conceal the latter. The curtain sectionof the present invention is thus characterized by its simplicity and byits economy of curtain fabric while at the same time presenting thedesired attractive and full appearance at its head-end portion.

With the foregoing and other features and objects in view, the presentinvention will now be described in further detail with particularreference to the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational View of a curtain section embodying thepresent invention.

Fig. 2 is a back elevational view of the headend portion.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section through the head-end portion onthe line 33 of Fig. 1.

Figs. 4 and 5 show the relative widths of the shroud piece and thehead-end portion of the curtain section, respectively, before they aresewed together.

The curtain section shown in Fig. l as being tied back with the tie-backmember Il may be made of marquisette or similar sheer curtain fabric andmay comprise the usual trim or edging l2. The upper or head-end portionof the curtain may be formed up of two layers of fabric,

as by folding down on itself the upper end portion of the section andstitching the edge portion in place by a line of stitches 13 runningfrom one side edge to the other. The top or folded edge portion ispreferably again folded onto itself to quadruple layer thicknesspreparatory to stitching thereto by two lines of stitches l4 runningparallel to the line of stitches [3 an elongated strip of curtain fabric15, which hangs or drapes down in front of the rod-receiving tunnel l6defined between the rows of stitches l3 and H. The strip I is preferablyof a length much Wherefore, in stitching the strip l5 to the curtainsection In, it may be gathered, as shown, to afford the desired ruflledeffect. In other words, the head-end portion of the curtain section maybe made to present a fullness appearance heretofore realized only with acurtain section in which much more curtain fabric has been employed inthe width or body of the section. It is preferable that the strip l5have a ruflied cornice or upper zone portion I5a over and above therod-receiving tunnel l6, thereby creating the desired frilled orornamental edging at the upper edge of the section, which is viewablefrom the back face of the section, as shown in Fig. 2, as well as fromthe front face of the section as a continuation of the frilled valancepiece serving also as a shroud for the rod-receiving tunnel and thusobscuring the rod from front view, as is desired. 'While not limitedthereto, it is usually preferable that the shroud piece I 5 be of awidth, as shown, several times that of the rod-receiving tunnel [6, say,three to four times such width.

It is to be understood that the embodiment of the invention hereinillustrated and described is subject to change or modification whilefalling within the purview of the instant invention as defined by theappended claims.

I claim:

1. In a window curtain section, a head-end portion adapted to be hungfrom a rod and comprising superposed layers of curtain fabric heldtogether by stitches extending along spaced parallel lines from one sideedge of the section to the other and defining therebetween arod-receiving tunnel; and an elongated piece of curtain fabric stitchedto said superposed layers above said rod-receiving tunnel, said piecebeing of a length much greater than the span of said section but beinggathered at its line of stitching to said superposed layers to afford arullied effect and hanging in front of said rod-receiving tunnel toshroud the latter.

2. In a window curtain section wherein the upper end portion is foldeddown on itself and comprises spaced parallel lines of stitches extendingfrom one side edge of said section to the other and definingtherebetween a rod-receiving tunnel, an elongated piece of curtainfabric stitched to said upper end portion above said rodreceivingtunnel, said piece being of a length much greater than the span of saidsection but being gathered at its line of stitching to said head-endportion to afford a rufiled cornice above said rod-receiving tunnel andalso a rufiled shroud in front of said rod-receiving tunnel.

JOHN J. FARLEY.

